Ghost of Yotei debuts at No.2 in the GSD European charts, with opening sales in-line with its predecessor, 2020’s PS4 hit Ghost of Tsushima (digital and physical).
Ghost of Tsushima was a surprise hit for Sony back in 2020, and launched during the COVID-19 lockdown year, which drove record numbers for video game sales.
It’s the biggest first-party PlayStation launch since Spider-Man 2 in October 2023.
The PS5 exclusive narrowly missed out on No.1, with EA Sports FC 26 holding on for a third week at the top. The football game’s standard edition had only launched the week before, and sales are down 62% week-on-week.
New at No.3 is the Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 double pack for Nintendo Switch. It’s a relatively soft launch for a Mario game, selling around a quarter of what the Super Mario 3D All-Stars collection managed back in 2020 (TGB estimates). However, this is purely based on physical sales (Nintendo doesn’t share digital data), and it’s worth noting that both games were available to buy separately from the Nintendo eShop. What’s more, the first Galaxy game had already featured in that aforementioned 3D All-Stars Collection, whereas Galaxy 2 did not. So it may be that Switch players chose to go digital with this release instead.
Other new titles in the Top Ten include Digimon Story: Time Stranger at No.4, and Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles at No.10.
The Top Ten this week is full of games included in the Steam Autumn Sale. Doom Eternal (No.5) was reduced to £3.49, Far Cry Primal (No.6) had dropped to £2.49 and South Park: The Factured But Whole was also on sale for £2.49.
As a result, new games such as Silent Hill F and Sonic Racing CrossWorlds have fallen out of the Top 20 in terms of units. However, in terms of revenue they can still be found at No.7 for Silent Hill F and No.11 for Sonic Racing CrossWorlds.
European Top Ten Unit Sales (week ending October 5)
1. EA Sports FC 26 (-62%)
2. Ghost of Yotei (New)
3. Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (New)*
4. Digimon Story: Time Stranger (New)
5. Doom Eternal (+8610%)
6. Far Cry Primal (+3060%)
7. Hogwarts Legacy (+177%)
8. Red Dead Redemption 2 (+342%)
9. South Park: The Fractured But Whole (+13256%)
10. Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles (New)
European Top Ten Revenue (week ending October 5)
1. EA Sports FC 26 (-63%)
2. Ghost of Yotei (New)
3. Digimon Story: Time Stranger (New)
4. Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (New)*
5. Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles (New)
6. Borderlands 4 (-42%)
7. Silent Hill F (-83%)
8. Mario Kart World (+6%)
9. NBA 2K26 (-12%)
10. Assassin’s Creed Shadows (+23%)
*Digital data unavailable
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These charts cover physical and digital game sales across Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Germany, Guadeloupe, Italy, Martinique, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Reunion, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.
It covers all physical game sales, but digital game sales from these companies: Activision Blizzard, Bandai Namco, Capcom, CI Games, Crystal Dynamics, Disney Interactive, Eidos, Electronic Arts, Gameforge, IO Interactive, Konami, Marvelous, Microsoft, Milestone, MyGames, Nacon, Plaion, Saber Interactive, Sega, Sony, Square Enix, Supermassive Games, Take-Two, Tencent, Ubisoft, UsTwo. Warner Bros, Wizards of the Coast and Zenimax Media.